Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Barbara
Hans Baldung GrienLinkedCulture matchlcp-1f2d0400af29
- Date
- 1505/07
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 219077
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Collecting prints after cult statues and miraculous paintings was part of both the European and the Japanese pilgrimage traditions. These woodcuts ( 2009.43 , 2013.172 , and 2013.159) could be combined to create their own cult object. Saints Catherine and Barbara flank a frontal Virgin and Child, suggesting the works were intended to be mounted together as a folding domestic altarpiece. The letterpress below each image encouraged meditation and engagement. While only Catherine’s text survives in these impressions, each object would have included both stately Latin verses describing the saint’s history and martyrdom, as well as German prayers pleading for assistance and protection.
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- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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